quote:Originally posted by DeTom:
Tell you what splittin, if you just wait long enough Panteras will keep going down in price because most of the owners are ancient old gasbags like myself. As we die off and sell them to get money to pay for nursing home care, younger people who never heard of a Pantera will buy them as curios. Probably for about ten cents on todays dollar.
Tell you what DeTom, a buyer is always biased towards paying less and seller is polarized, as in any market; finacial, housing, cars whatever, price discovery is dynamic and can or cannot reflect a myriad of sentiments, it is when the buyer finds the car he wants and negotiates the the best price positions for himself based on the value he has assigned to that vehicle, armed with a base knowlegde of pantera valuations and the seller acts or react accordingly. this price discovery plays out everytime a Pantera tranfers owners; as in any things sold.
I can understand your tone and I don't take you seriously, you have a characteristic brand of sense of humor not everyone can detect.
My intentions are not to be a wannabe too too long, nor could I live with myself should i plunge headlong into ownership.as i said on my first post some of my play money is taking a beating in wall street, and paying attention to the market right now is more important to me for the time being that having to buy a car i'll end up TINKERING WITH ad infinitum, which is all too consuming.
to me everything is a game and the search in and of itself is a game to me.
Most Pantera owners have prolly secured their place in nursing homes financially by now and even if they didn't, the state does a decent job of caring for the very old, decrepit, sick and feeble, besides who gives a damn about how you feel when your'e so close to death, not even the victim/patient really knows or care they just wanna die.
so no, 10 cents on the dollor no, 40-60k yes, it takes thousands of man hours and thought , effort, to maintain and create a finished car, i've been there, that price a owner pays cannot reasonably be quantified but most buyers will try to dismmiss it from the purchase price, it's happen to everyone and it is a know fact of being car crazy.